That’s a lot of water but the need is still great. Walker said they’re not just supplying water to the residents of Marmet. They’re also seeing West Virginia American Water customers from as far as the most eastern end of Kanawha County and Boone County. Walker said they’ve even given water to people living in Kanawha City who are afraid to use their tap water.

The crew working the Wednesday day shift was made up of almost all volunteers.

Shannon Snodgrass lives in Marmet and said she felt like it was her duty to help out.

“This is my community. This is my county. I’m proud of it!”

She said she’s seen some tough luck cases drive through to get water, like people with three and four young children and elderly on oxygen who don’t even have the strength to lift the cases of water.

She said being part of the solution is a blessing.

“It’s a good feeling. I don’t think you can really describe it,” she answered. “It’s something that’s in your heart.”

Captain Michael McGee is with the Marmet Volunteer Fire Department. He’s spent plenty of hours at the distribution center over the past week handing out water. He said he’s in the same boat. He’s under the Do Not Use order as well.

“It feels good. It’s a sense of fulfillment to know that your giving back something to this community,” he said.

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The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA), and the American Red Cross published a document titled “Food and Water in an Emergency“; it recommends only three ways to purify water during an emergency – boiling, chemical disinfection and distillation.

In fact, the CDC published a document titled “Drinking Water Treatment Technologies for Household Use“, and found distillation systems to be one of the most effective methods of drinking water treatment.

Steam distillation is the only purification method that will consistently provide 99.9% pure water.

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Dirty Mountaineer

It's getting harder and harder to maintain any cleanliness under this situation. I can't keep enough water to sufficiently wash day after day when expected to go to work everyday. It's now a full week.